Benita Flucker is Chief Equity and Inclusion Officer, SVP of Enterprise Development Strategy for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH), a $2.8B EdTech provider of K12 products and services. At HMH, Benita leads global efforts to drive equity in HMH’s curriculum and services supporting students and educators, while leading efforts to strengthen HMH’s inclusive and affirming culture as strategic advisor to all Employee Resource Groups (ERG). Benita also oversees all strategic content development operations and drives execution of HMH’s product management vision in a shared services business model that follows Lean principles and Agile practices.

Benita’s passion centers on improving academic outcomes for students of color and increasing leadership representation for African Americans and for all women across the education ecosystem. Most recently, she has spearheaded HMH’s content equity, inclusion, and diversity (CEID) work, and as executive co-sponsor, she champions the HMH Black Alliance ERG. Benita is a member of Chief, a private network for the most powerful women in leadership; a board advisor to Ascentiya, focusing on economic empowerment and equity for women; and a founding member of Innovation for Equity (IFE), a group of highly accomplished EdTech leaders working together to scale innovative solutions for children of color and increase African American leadership across the EdTech industry.

Benita brings more than 25 years of progressive EdTech leadership experience in academic, reference, trade, K–12, and higher education markets, with offshore and domestic outsourcing and global business management in Ireland, India, China, and the Philippines. Benita attended the University of Michigan, as well as the distinguished Publishing Institute at the University of Denver, having been awarded a highly competitive graduate school scholarship. She is a frequent speaker and panelist on equity in education, leadership development and intellectual property topics, and serves on several professional boards, advisory committees, and industry organizations.

Benita and her husband, U.S. Army Colonel (Retired) Will Flucker, Jr., and their Silky Terrier, Harvey, reside in the Austin, Texas, area.